Copyholder



et 2 9230 1,469,749 N. WOODRUFF COPYHOLDER Filed Sepf. s, 1921 l/Vl/E/VTOH /4. Al. VVOODRUFF ATTORNEYS Patent d Oct. 2, 1923.

2 ALBERT it. wooiinnrr, of, NEW YORK,

Be 11-; known that at-LBW NjWdommF,

:a citizen of the United States, anda'resii It is a ifurtherobje ct of It isa further object of the invention to '20- integral ther with, thus niateriall'y'redn eing the costof manufacture of the device.

"character especially adapted for typists use;

provide a newandnovel form-of line spac- One of the primary obje cts'of thie'invention' is to provide a 'new and improved; means for holding the lcopyin place npon the bed of the devic'ei A theinvention toe provide a new and novel form of bed," v

soconstrnct a bed'that the several movable parts are carried thereon in guides formed",

- It is a further object of the; invention ing nxechanisrn. m 7 p I It'is a still further object of the invention to provide a lineflspaeing',meohanism; the

'to provide anew, and n'ovel form of, base for supporting the; -'be'; d- 'in operative posicitation? t 7 t "referenoe is-hadto hefc'oonipanying' drawings, in which-f if"; I Figure lfisia view inside elevation off'the 1 icopy h lderbOnst-riieted' inacoor'dance with T: .PQSltlOjl; i fr 1 V: e 1 i1 Figure 2 is affront elevation 1 thereof; 1f Figure 3 iska rearelevation partly iniseo ft ion; the base -andf prop'; therefor being .50

Figure 4 iS'Ia he'l e -Figure 3.

upon the 1ine;5f'-5 of Figure 3. v p'ortion of the operating;me'chanism.-- v

scope of which may be adjnsted at the" fof'the operator. v f It is a still further object of theinvention t to so construct the line spacing mechanism ithatthe line indicator mayibe operated to. release the "line spacing :niechanism' for the purpose of resetting the line indicator.-

Itlis a still 'furtherfobject of the invention WViththeabove an ther objects infview,

the present invention nd-setu inoperative broken away. 5; detail sectional view taken Figure '5 is a detailsectional,v1evvtaken 1-3, by means of 'whichfsaid"baSe isFPi 'Ga y the angular'enjdsl V prop 12 comprisesa v'vir member'pivotally' i mouI tedi'n' ears' ;-1 8' atitheinppergend 0f the"* ;jbed:1O, as more blearly shovvn 'in fF ign-re 3 11 7 and the angular po itions"*17 10f said pro-p areadapted'to be sprnn respective perforations 6 "poi'nt'sub'stanti ly v I Q-fi -O- l r ibhs 3*i r Pr d o; 1

lightenthe bed-rand af tongue 24cprojectsj1in- [Wardl-y of one o f'tliese: oil

, after de'seiiihed:

rigidi'lod' 311f] said {rod is g'lppb frtecl ati one v end -by means? ofa-plate edjbeneath the gnides'" 22;

Rfeiri -ng'mbrg 'ptiramiafi it "the? drake f;

ings; the Lreferencecharaoter' 10 designates r the bed o-fthe' eopy holder, 11 designates the V basefan'd 12 designatesjthe propwhichfmaintains the bed-in inclined position relative The base 11 Comprises a substantially t -riangular' ineniber provided with side flan "es 7 c5 connected "toside flangesl learriedby the M bed 10.. At its op' positfe; end; the} base 11 "is p rovidedivvith'side-flanges'w and said side flanges 15 are perforated asfafllfito receive.

7i-oftheiprop 12.j"This 70,

ipl s w t r-w theears 15' ofg thebasel The bed 10 is formedpreferably-of sheet-j 1- g-lne taland is 'provided on its sifdeedgeswith v I;

guide fla ges 20, isaid' u'ide' fiang s20 bein 9 i formed bending th e sijde edges tjfithbd,

' 1O backwardlj-iiponithebodygpbrtiopzthere i of. -Near its upper end the he'd. I- 1()'is jp ro-f inriertedgeqbfsaid cu'tont *portionsi21: tlie 6 'niaterialcutavvay is'benti over, upon-the: in t tervening portion to providegoppofsitely' 1 be .hereinafterf'more ffnlly'deseribedif 'i a a central of theendSbf the ut owonsea he "1 1 purpose of whic Ne rlth e t en v s1 1 a 28' ijsfbent inop s de harac te -30 designates a I {:nemdgestf-th spam Theoppos e'll Y endbf'thisrigid'god.304ssupported nponia V .53;- jas-more clearly shown Figure- 3,.

Pivotally mounted as at. 54s. in the housing- The lower end of this plate is provided with a flange 3'5, and said flange 35isn ot ched as at 36130 receive the bent portion 37 of a transversely extending operating member 38, which operating member 38 is provided with a handle 39.

Surrounding the plate 32 and mounted beneath one of the guides 27 and one of the guides 26"is substantially U-shaped'fplat'e lib/and secured to said U-shaped plate a0 is a downwardly entendaing rod This rod 4:3, is threadedas at 44; and is provided with twonutswl o by means of? which the said U- sliape d plate may be adjusted 'relative to the bed 10. Connected to the uppenend' of the flange 35, heretofore mentioned is a coil spring 461,; and saidcoil spring has its opposits end; engaged over the hook member 24: as indicated by the reference character 47.

Elie-reference character designates a line indicator, and said line; indicator extends tran-sversely off the: bed 10. Thisline indicator is pivotally mounted upon a sliid t ng support 51 in the tormi-ot a wire membier which projects? through perforations, 1n

earsviZ depending fI'QHl IhQ line indicator 7 5Q?- Siida bl y inoiin tedin the guides 20 d-foiimed on; thesfide; at the base 10 is a housmg-53', and the endsdfzsal't'l wire sliding support 51 are'mounted int-he said=-liousing 53- is a lover 55-, and said levers 5 5 is, provided with oppositely: disposed biting teeth 56w and 5-7;, Shown dotted lines in Figure 3- and in full-lines in Figure a. The sebiting teeth: 56 and 5'1 are caused to. engage the rigid rod 31 by means o fi a spring- 58 which actu-ates: to rock: the lever 55: about its; pivotal point 5 1 and which: permits disengagerod-3Oi"- Theli pivoted" le er, 55'1'h'eretofore mentioned is" provided with a right angular extnsiofl d' fit fz the; ends of the sn p- ,ment' otthe biting teeth with the rigid p'or'tf51is?con-nectedito thisright angular extension-i by means ofalinkorthe like .61.

V The referencecharacter 62 designates a subsit-antially Usha'ped spring rigidly secured to the-upper endiofi the-bedzlO and pivotall y mounted upon oneend ofjsaid spring 62 as fat:63 isia1clamp ngg plate 641 ratesin the rmwmngm HGI I ThG cop: s placed upon: the bed 10 with a portionthereot folded back-wardly under the pivoted jaws 64 of theclamp at a The deviceo tit-stop ofi'j-thef bed, 10, asishown in dotted lines: in *iFigllt'Qrl;

The line indicator 50' is neat posi oned the. top of the bed adjacentthe upper.

indicator and elevating it; to rock the pivot ed support about its pivotal point in the housing: 53-; As, is done, the pivoted lever 55 is: rocked about; its pivotal point by "no of 'thecopy, Thisiis'i done bygjiasping; the handle of the line the link 61 which is connected to a downwardly bent arm f the pivoted support 51 against the action of the spring 58 and the biting teeth 56 and 5'? are disengaged with the rigid rod- 30', in which position the line indicator 50 is free to move to the top of the bed 1O.

After the first line of the copy has been iipieted and it desired to move the line in l l the, influence of the spring .46, which has been placed under tension by the desired movement of the plate 32, said plate will be returned and the rigid rod 30 will slide iireely through the biting teeth 56 and 57 to permit the operating mechanism to assume initial position without moving of the line indicator upwardly of the bed 1.0.

The upward or lreturned: movement of the plate 32 is limited by reason ot' its engage ment with the U-shaped plate '40 at the point designated by the; reference character ZB OQand'thUs itwill be seen that by adjust ing the position of said U-shaped plate 4 0 relative tothe bed 10 and changingv the point at which the upper end of the plate 3'2 engages said plate 4-0, the movement of the line indicator may be varied, thus adapting the device to use with copies having various spaces between the lines. From the foregoing, it is apparent that the present invention' provides a new and improved; -cop v V holder in 'w'hiohthe; distancetraversed by, the lineindicator maybe variedat the will the operator and-at the same time; a dev c which 1s of relatively low cost of manufacture "is provided owing to the structure olithe bed of th idevice, r r

7 Having; thus described what is claimed is: a

A copyholder; compri ing a base, a

the invention,

bed; -means for supporting the base from the bed, s de flanges form-e.d1 on the bed'and integral therewith, a line indicate -"and a housing; slidably mounted 1n said side .{ianges ofthebed and having support for sa d line 7 indicatorsubstantially de scribed,

2. A device of the character described comprising a bed providedwith side flanges,

line indicator, means movable in thef'side flanges or" the bed for slidably' supporting the said line indication, an operating means for said line 1I1CllCll3O1,1 and guides formed substantially as described.

-' a lin 'indicator movable longitudinal1yofintegral Wltll; said bed and seirying as guides for the line indicator operating mechanism 3. A" device of the character described comprising a bed provided with sideflanges,

7 said bedymeans adapted for engagement be- Zneath the side flanges and forming a sup- (port for said line indicator, an operating 10 adapted for engagement With the line indimeans slida'bly mounted on said bed and jca'tor to operate the. same, a plurality of guides formed integral With'saidbed and adapted to provide; the guiding means for said operating mechanism, and means slid-;

ably mounted on the bed for limitingthe V movement of the operating mechanism substantially as described; r '4. A vdevice of the-character described a line indicatofmovable longitudinally'of comprising a bed provided with side flanges,

said bed, means adapted for engagement adapted for engagement withthe line'injdi- V guides formed integrailwith said bed' andadapted to provide the guiding means for said operating mechanism, means slidably v mounted on the bed for limiting the mov'e' f I beneath the side flanges and forming'asupport for saidjline indicator, 7 an voperating means 'slidably mountedxon said 'bedj and oator to operate the same, a pluralityiof ment of the operating -:mechanism sub- 7 stantially as described,- and guides formed in itsslidingmov'ementj V 5. A icopy holder gcom' m integira1 yi ith the' bed and Serving as means i T jfor guiding-said operating mechanism stop 7 sing a bed, meansfforsupporting othe' 'bed in inclinedfv I a position, a" line indicator reciproc atinglyg mounted upon said bed, operating means for": 40 f a "reciprocating said lineindicator, andia plu-v Iiality of ,guidesifors'aidline indicator and R 'its*operiting" means, said guides being formed integral with-the-bed of the copy ,6:

holder substantially "as described:

7. v(RA copy holdefcomprising a bed,-a' line; indicator, a housing reciprocatingly mount- I ed in saidbedand servingasasupport for said line indicator whereby the line indi- 50: f, I

cator is reciprocated longitudinally of the "bed uponreciprocating movement "of said housing and means forfreciprocating said housing, said means-comprisingaflplurality 7' 5 of'spaced reciprocating plates, :a-lrigid rod carried by said-plates,,means icarriedbythefl housing; andiadapt'ed for engagement with said rod, a transversely extendingoperating element adapted for engagement with a.

book: formed on oneflofs aid plates whereby said plate is, lreciprocated in'one directiom; I {sf resilient fmeans for reciprocating the plate in the oppositedi'rection, and adjustable -me'ans:fo limiting "the moiremntiof s aid;. 1 3v :plate When "actuated by said 'resilient means. 

